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PostalOne Outage Notification Internal Users – Remedy Critical Incident # INC000000094307

Attention PostalOne! Users

You are receiving this message because an issue was detected with PostalOne! that is impacting system performance.  The root cause is being investigated.    Internal  and external users are experience slow response or inability to log in while this being addressed.   Web Service for mail.xml is available but may experience slow message response.

Additional updates will be provided as they are available.

The Postal Service’s inventory of plastic pallets — its most valuable Mail Transportation Equipment (MTE) — has increased 470 percent since November 2011.

USPS total pallet inventory (including pressed wood and wood slat) also is 147 percent higher than the same period last year (SPLY).

via USPS News Link Story – Surging MTE.

The U.S. Postal Service announced, in September 2011, a number of proposals designed to significantly reduce its operational costs. One proposal under consideration is a study to redesign the mail processing and transportation network. This study may result in consolidation of processing centers from 461 mail processing facilities to approximately 200 facilities. As a part of the review and planning stage, it is important to understand the sources available in the transportation and distribution industries that can meet the potential future demands. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to solicit responses from interested suppliers to determine which are capable of providing potential transportation management services to the U.S. Postal Service.

via USPS NETWORK OPTIMIZATION – Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities.

USPS allows large direct mail customers to pay postage after despatch – Law & Regulation – BizReport.